3.8.8
Mīmāṃsā Sūtra / Adhyāya 3 / 3.8.8
अतुल्यत्वादसमानविधानाः स्युः
atulyatvād asamānavidhānāḥ syuḥ
The line
Because of atulyatva (अतुल्यत्व), a compound: asamāna (असमान), and a rule, they would be.
Where it sits
In Mīmāṃsā (मीमांसा) Sūtra (सूत्र), adhyāya (अध्याय) 3. Śeṣa (शेष), the subsidiary. How you tell what serves a rite and what the rite serves. The words of this line are the ones to keep. A shorter line after this one may leave them unsaid.
Split: atulyatvād (अतुल्यत्वाद्) + asamāna-vidhānāḥ (असमान-विधानाः) + syuḥ (स्युः)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| atulyatvād (अतुल्यत्वाद्) | ablative singular | atulyatva (अतुल्यत्व) |
| asamāna-vidhānāḥ (असमान-विधानाः) | nominative plural | a compound: asamāna (असमान), and a rule. Read it from the end |
| syuḥ (स्युः) | optative, third person plural | they would be |
The phrases
atulyatvād (अतुल्यत्वाद्) is atulyatva (अतुल्यत्व). It stands as ablative singular. asamāna-vidhānāḥ (असमान-विधानाः) is a compound: asamāna (असमान), and a rule. Read it from the end. It stands as nominative plural.
syuḥ (स्युः) is they would be. It stands as optative, third person plural.
Sanskrit in this line
asamāna-vidhānāḥ (असमान-विधानाः) is one compound. The hyphen is a teaching mark. Only the last member wears the case.
Say it back
Cover the English. Gloss atulyatvād (अतुल्यत्वाद्) and asamāna-vidhānāḥ (असमान-विधानाः).
Next
3.8.9. tapaś (तपश्) and, a compound: a fruit, establishment, and tvāla (त्वाल), as in the world.